Rural Life
FSAI issues consumer warning following theft of meat from 36 beef carcasses
Consumers have been warned not to purchase any meat sold from unregistered outlets or unregistered online sales by the Food...
Beef Carcasses
Beef
Department reveals grading machine trial results
The future application of new grading machines modified with more up-to-date technologies “will result in a better performance of carcass classification”,...
Beef
'Improvement in grading accuracy - but 17% still grading less than 90%'
The accuracy of beef grading machines has improved by over one third in the past year following increased scrutiny on...
Beef
Naughten: 'Grading machines getting it wrong on over 4 out of 10 cattle'
Calls have been made for the replacement of what has been described as “outdated” beef grading machines in Irish beef...
Beef
Factory weight limits remain in place for 2017
Farmers selling beef cattle this year will still have to face the prospect of factory price cuts on overweight carcasses....
N.Ireland
66% of Northern Irish beef carcasses fail to meet factory specs - LMC
Just under 66% of all steers and heifers slaughtered in Northern Ireland during March failed to meet factory specifications, figures...